Category: Independent News

  • Neighbor thwarts burglary

    MIDDLETOWN — An alert neighbor foiled a suspected burglar as he was leaving a house on Cypress Neck Road on Nov. 8, according to Middletown police. “The suspect forced entry to the home by breaking a window located at the rear of the house but was confronted by an alert neighbor who observed the suspect…

  • Middletown may lose Thanksgiving rivalry

    BOE wants to keep annual Thanksgiving North vs. South game BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The Township Board of Education held its Nov. 21 meeting in “the jungle.” The library at Middletown High School North, home of the Lions, was transformed into an epicenter of school spirit in anticipation of the Thanksgiving Day football…

  • Holiday Lantern Tours at Historic Four Corners

    SHREWSBURY — The annual Holiday Lantern Tours of Shrewsbury’s Historic Four Corners, will take place Friday, Dec. 2. On this evening, the historic buildings at the corners of Broad Street and Sycamore Avenue will be open to welcome the public. Tours begin at 6 and 8 p.m. and are by reservation only. The tours will…

  • Old Keyport Boro Hall redevelopment OK’d

    Plan calls for mixed use of historic Main St. building BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer Keyport’s former Borough Hall, located on Main Street, will be renovated for commercial and residential uses as part of a redevelopment plan. MIKE DAVIS KEYPORT — Borough Council members unanimously voted on Nov. 22 to approve a redevelopment concept for the…

  • Photo

    St. Leo the Great School second-graders (back row, l-r) Chris Ern, Middletown; Tyler McLeod, Ocean Township; Eric Beyar, Holmdel; Jacob Irwin, Red Bank; (front, l-r) Anna Piancone, Tinton Falls; Alyssa Lonard, Atlantic Highlands; and Brooke Walker, Aberdeen, partake of the Lincroft school’s traditional Thanksgiving feast. Each year cafeteria manager Debbie Newberry and helpers serve up…

  • A moment of silence for slain PTA member

    BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — At its Nov. 21 meeting, the Middletown Township Board of Education offered a moment of silence for Kimberly Allen, 44, a former president of the Lincroft Elementary School PTA. The Lincroft woman’s husband, 44- year-old Patrick Allen, has been arrested and charged with the murder of his wife, who…

  • Trotting along

    The leading runners cross the finish line during the kids’ race at the Matawan Turkey Trot on Nov. 26. Betsey Kerr and Annette Tacinelli lead a group of their friends across the finish line at the Matawan Turkey Trot. PHOTOS BY CLAIRE SHEPROW

  • County drawbridges privatized to save $572K

    Twenty-eight bridge tenders to receive layoff notices BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Oceanic Bridge RUMSON — The Sea Bright-Rumson Bridge and the Oceanic Bridge are two of four county drawbridges whose daily operations will be handed over to a private firm beginning in 2012. The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders decided on Nov. 9…

  • Shelter alumni star in MCSPCA calendar

    2012 Homeward Bound Alumni Calendar on sale now Weslee Wallace, a hound mix puppy rescued from a shelter, is Mr. September. The wait is over, and the star of the Monmouth County SPCA (MCSPCA) alumni calendar has made his debut. The featured adoptee is a feline named Nermal who, like many other shelter alumni, began…